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On Tuesday night, the American people triggered a political earthquake by thrusting Democrats into power in both the House and Senate by overwhelming margins. The defeat has already left the GOP in a circular firing squad of recrimination, but Democrats, too, must now face their own party's new divisions.

That’s where Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., comes in front and center.

Fetterman in recent years has replaced former Sens. Joe Manchin, of West Virginia, and Kyrsten Sinema, of Arizona, as the most vocal and pugnacious moderate on issues such as immigration enforcement, support for Israel and a refusal to shut down the government to achieve liberal policy wins.

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Fetterman's penchant for criticizing progressive shibboleths was one thing when Democrats toiled in the minority, but how will incoming Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and his leadership team deal with the Pennsylvania maverick now that they control the upper chamber?

It is possible that Schumer just waits Fetterman out. The latter is up for re-election in 2028 and currently, according to surveys, is more popular with Keystone State Republicans than with Democratic voters there, making his chances of retaining the seat, at least as a Democrat, rather remote.

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Fetterman, it should be noted, is not the only nominally moderate Democrat facing voters in a purple state in two years. There are also Patty Murray of Washington, Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire and Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada. But one must ask: Will they be more afraid of a general election defeat from the right or a primary ouster from the left?

A year ago, Democrats had dreams of a Senate majority, but it wasn't quite the Senate majority they have wound up with. In Michigan, they expected a Haley Stevens or Mallory McMorrow, not an Abdul El-Sayed. In Maine, an Angie Craig, not a Troy Jackson. These avatars of the progressive wing of the party will be the celebrities of the next Congress.

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It is difficult to imagine this firebrand faction working hand in hand with a White House they flat-out accuse of fascism to pass bipartisan legislation. But just as hard-line MAGA senators have been frustrated by Senate Majority Leader John Thune's temperance on issues such as killing the filibuster, incoming leader Chuck Schumer may well wish to resist the resistance, so to speak.

In fact, establishment Democrats and media pundits have been quick to remind us all that the vast majority of Democrats serving at the Capitol are not of the socialist variety, even though the party's zeitgeist and primary wins such as those in Michigan and Maine are with them.

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The good news for Democratic leadership is that the scale of the victories Tuesday gives them big enough margins — 80 or so seats in the House and four to six in the Senate — that the socialists should not be able to hold legislation hostage. But that doesn't mean they have to be quiet about it.

There are several issues where we can expect the ascendant far left of the Democratic Party to draw lines in the marble of the Capitol, chief among them support for Israel and funding for immigration enforcement. Schumer will likely have to bend the knee to these demands, but not John Fetterman.

As Republicans delve deep into their postmortems, assigning blame for defeat, Democrats are celebrating a kind of Easter. But the question is: What exactly is this resurrected political party? Are the socialists a flying buttress to the establishment Democrats, or are they, in fact, the body of the cathedral now?

Fetterman raised eyebrows at this year's GOP midterm convention in Dallas when he appeared via video to celebrate the other Pennsylvania senator, Republican Dave McCormick, leading some to believe that the sweatshirt-wearing contrarian could switch parties — something he has consistently told the media, including this columnist, that he will never do.

Democrats in leadership have insisted for months that there has not been a far-left takeover of the party of Jefferson and Jackson, but rather that there is simply a big tent. Well, we know the tent is big enough for the likes of California streamer and anti-Israel firebrand Hasan Piker, but is there room in it for John Fetterman?

There was a scenario in play on Tuesday in which Fetterman could have become the 51st Democratic senator and close to the most powerful man in Washington. That did not happen, but he remains the most distinctive voice in D.C.

Has the Democratic Party outgrown the likes of old-school John Fetterman? And if so, can Republicans use that fact to woo law-and-order, Israel-hawk Democratic voters over to their side? Or is Fetterman now just a man out of time, out of step and without a solid constituency of voters?

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Hair stylist to the stars who created the ‘Purdey’ bob and the groundbreaking Frizz Ease product range

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Frieda, who has died aged 75, respected all types of hair, whether in or out of fashion. He added sculpted shape to straight locks, notably for Joanna Lumley’s pudding-basin “Purdey” bob for The New Avengers on television in 1976, which became a nationwide fad. He scissored and scruffed flat hair into cheeky urchin cuts, as he did for Shirley MacLaine and Diana, Princess of Wales (Frieda had arrived to style a secretive portrait session for the photographer Lord Snowdon not knowing Diana was its subject.)

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ATLANTA, GEORGIA - JUNE 16: Voting stickers are laid out in the Buckhead Library polling station for the primary runoff election on June 16, 2026 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Jessica McGowan/Getty Images)Photo by: Jessica McGowan / Getty Images

A vote-counting discrepancy in Seminole County has put a Republican incumbent ahead in a state legislative contest, prompting an investigation into how 388 votes went unreported on election night.

A closely contested Georgia state House race has taken an unexpected turn after election officials identified 388 previously unreported votes in southwest Georgia, reversing the apparent outcome of a contest that could determine just how much power Democrats hold in the state legislature.

The discrepancy involves Georgia House District 154, not the governor’s race or a congressional election.

Republican incumbent Gerald Greene had been trailing Democratic challenger Harry James by just 58 votes following Tuesday’s election. But after the additional votes were included in Seminole Country’s totals, Greene moved ahead by 262 votes, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has launched an investigation into why the votes were not included in the initial results and whether election officials followed required procedures.

“This oversight didn’t just affect the numbers — it changed who was leading an election,” Raffensperger said. “That is unacceptable, and we intend to find out exactly how it happened.”

The discrepancy was uncovered during routine post-election checks when state officials noticed that approximately 388 more voters had checked in at Seminole County polling places than the number of ballots reported as cast.

Although initial reports described the issue as a missing memory card, Seminole County Elections Supervisor Ron Foskey disputed that characterization Saturday, saying all memory cards had been accounted for on election night.

According to Foskey, the county’s election management system had not completed the final step necessary to validate and publish results from the last precinct’s memory card. Once that step was completed, the updated totals matched the county’s ballot scanner records.

The county maintained that its chain-of-custody procedures were followed. State officials are investigating how the reporting error occurred.

The implications extend beyond one legislative district.

Democrats emerged from Tuesday’s election poised to control the Georgia House of Representatives for the first time in more than two decades. But the reversal in District 154 could leave the party with just 92 seats in the 180-member chamber, only one more than the 91 needed for a majority.

Another legislative contest remains unresolved. Republican state Rep. Mike Cheokas faces Democrat Ethan Wolfe in a Dec. 1 runoff, leaving the chamber’s final balance of power unsettled.

The District 154 contest is also significant because Greene, who was first elected as a Democrat in 1982 before switching parties after the 2010 election, is currently the only Republican in Georgia’s General Assembly representing a majority-Black district, according to the AJC.

The corrected vote totals have not ended scrutiny of the election. Raffensperger’s office is examining what went wrong and what measures may be necessary to prevent similar reporting discrepancies in future elections.

County officials face a Monday deadline to certify their election results.

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This article originally appeared on TheGrio at https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/previously-unreported-votes-reverse-lead-191831170.html

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NBC "Sunday Night Football" play-by-play announcer Mike Tirico said Sunday afternoon he will miss the game between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Chicago Bears due to "a health issue."

Tirico, 59, did not specify the health issue that will force him to miss Sunday night's game.

"Unfortunately, I will have to miss tonight's game in Chicago due to a health issue," Tirico said in a statement released by NBC Sports. "I look forward to watching tonight and can't wait to be back with Chris, Melissa and the rest of our SNF team next Sunday night in Cincinnati.

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Tirico is not known to have any sort of chronic health issue and the fact he is already announcing a return after one game suggests his current status is not exceedingly serious.

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Tirico does have a reported health history that includes a nut allergy, which caused a severe allergic reaction during the 2025 Kentucky Derby broadcast. He also suffered a torn Achilles that he disclosed while calling Sunday Night Football in November 2024.

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McLaren's Lando Norris wins a gripping Sao Paulo Grand Prix in difficult conditions, as Mercedes secure the 2026 constructors' championship.

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Their players – a diamond-league diaspora of NRL stars honouring ancestral ties – have served that fanbase nobly this past month. But ultimately, the emotion of serving those supporters got the better of both sides as their bigger Pacific brothers, Australia and New Zealand, won through to the final on maturity and composure.

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At the start of his career, Justin Guarini seemed to have it all: fame, fortune and a promising future in Hollywood.

After becoming the runner-up on the first season of "American Idol" in 2002, Guarini was thrust into the spotlight seemingly overnight. But when his Hollywood dream came crashing down, he found himself in a dark place that he would eventually come to view as one of his greatest blessings.

"I think it was one of the greatest things that could ever have happened to me," Guarini, who recently released his book, "Center Stage Confidence: How to Own Your Story and Command Any Room," told Fox News Digital. "Failure is the greatest teacher, one of the greatest teachers that we can have in any given situation because in that failure, you have one of two paths. You either give up or you keep going."

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However, this mindset didn't sink in until much later.

In his book, Guarini recalled the moment he learned he had been dropped by his record label, RCA, in 2003.

"I stared at the TV in shock as my entire world came crumbling down around my ears," Guarini, who said he learned the news during a "Weekend Update" segment on "Saturday Night Live," wrote in his book. "Every illusion of fame, fortune, and glory fell away in an instant — only to be replaced by the silence of loss. In that moment, the veil of my arrogance, my assumptions, and my entitlement were lifted away, and I saw my life for what it had become."

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"I spent months playing my sad story on repeat," he added. "I lost weight, slept more and more, and became less and less like myself, and the people who loved me started to notice and worry. I was living the ghost of the life I had always dreamed of and burning money and time in equal and absurd measure."

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As the first runner-up in "Idol" history, Guarini believed his future in the entertainment industry was secure. But his early success proved difficult to sustain.

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In 2003, he released his self-titled debut album and starred alongside Kelly Clarkson in the musical romantic comedy "From Justin to Kelly." While his album debuted in the top 20 on the Billboard 200 chart, the movie flopped, and criticism of his performance and appearance continued.

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As his career stalled, Guarini struggled to reconcile his newfound reality with the life he had envisioned.

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"There have been plenty of people who've given up and failed and found other things," Guarini told Fox News Digital. "That's really wonderful. But for me, that dark place of not wanting to get out of bed, not wanting to look at myself in the mirror, not wanting to go out and see anything, it just was a period of isolation. And it's very easy to do when you live behind a gate in an exclusive community."

Over time, Guarini began to change his outlook.

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"I realized that there were still people celebrating me," he said. "I realized there was still something worth celebrating in my life. And it wasn't the vanity metrics of how many people voted for me or how many followers I would end up having or the amount of money I could make or blah, blah. It was just doing something and going back to something that I really truly loved."

For Guarini, that meant returning to the stage.

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"For me, that came in the form of just going back out and getting on the stage and singing for people. And I would do it at everything from gala events to state fairs to wherever."

Those smaller performances eventually paved the way for a new chapter in his career.

After independently releasing his second album in 2005, Guarini found opportunities in television before making his Broadway debut in "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown" in 2010.

He went on to appear in several Broadway productions, including "American Idiot," "Romeo and Juliet" and "Wicked." In 2015, he introduced audiences to another side of his talent when he began portraying Lil' Sweet, the flamboyant character featured in Diet Dr Pepper advertising campaigns.

Looking back, Guarini said his willingness to embrace failure rather than run from it ultimately led to opportunities he might never have experienced had his initial fame endured.

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"So there was a cascading effect. So the bottom line was being willing to sit in that place of failure, of discontent, darkness, but continue to go and continue to just say, ‘Okay, how can I continue to move through this space of discomfort, learn about myself and keep going?’ And ultimately, that led to a massive amount of growth that I don't think would have happened had I just, you know, stayed famous."

Now, nearly 25 years after his "Idol" debut, Guarini said his successes and failures have taught him one thing: don't give up.

"And so, for me, it has been almost 25 years now of some awesome ups and downs, and every single time I go up and down and up and down, it's just a consistency again of staying in the game," he said.

"And so, finally, just staying in the game… because it doesn't matter if it's the media, it doesn't matter if it's entertainment, doesn't matter if it's business. This life in this world is cyclical and if you stay in the game, and you do good work, and you're kind to people, the opportunity always comes back around to you, and you'll be more prepared to take advantage of it when it does," he added.